How Are Jelly Beans Made? A Look Inside the LeChao Factory

At LeChao, we’ve been crafting delicious, colorful, chewy jelly beans. While these tiny candies may look simple, the process of making them involves multiple precise steps, quality control, and a touch of creativity. Being a professional wholesale jelly bean manufacturer, we’re excited to take you through the behind-the-scenes process of jelly bean production—from start to finish.

Step 1: Getting the Sugar Syrup Base Ready

It begins with a hot mixture of sugar, corn syrup, and starch, which is combined in large heated kettles. It’s mixed to the right consistency — thick, glossy, and sweet. Flavorings and food colorings are then added to provide the jelly beans with their distinctive fruity or minty flavor profiles.

At LeChao, we use both classic and custom-developed flavors to meet the needs of different markets. Whether it’s a classic cherry or a tropical mango, we tailor the formula based on your target audience.

Step 2: Starch Molding

Then, the hot syrup is poured into molds lined with cornstarch and shaped like small bean halves. These molds allow the candies to maintain their shape during the drying process. The jelly centers in the molds are allowed to cool and set for 24 to 48 hours to harden and create the chewy consistency that jelly bean enthusiasts adore.

Step 3: Sealing and Polishing

Once set, the centers of the beans are removed from their molds by being popped out and are sent for shell coating—the procedure that gives jelly beans their shine and crunch. The beans are placed in enormous rotating drums called pans, where they are given coats of sugar syrup and glazing agents, which are applied and dried again and again.

To get that signature glossy look, they complete it with a final polish of edible wax or confectioner’s glaze. The result? Smooth, glossy jelly beans in vibrant colors.

Step 4: Chocolate Coating (Optional)

While traditional jelly beans are enrobed in sugar, LeChao also offers a premium line of jelly beans enrobed in milk or dark chocolate. These are made by enrobing the jelly bean center in a coating of rich chocolate with utmost care—a variation that combines the chew of a jelly bean with the richness of chocolate. The chocolate-covered jelly beans are especially popular for gifting and gourmet candy lines.

Step 5: Packaging and Customization

After the beans are cooled and separated by flavor and color, they’re ready to package. At LeChao, we provide wholesale jelly bean bulk supply for bulk buyers, and also provide custom packaging services to meet the branding needs of retailers, event planners, and private labels. If you need jelly beans in branded pouches, jars, or seasonal gift boxes, our team provides agile customization and quick turnaround.

Why Choose LeChao As Your Jelly Bean Supplier?

In today’s highly competitive candy market, it is crucial to find a reliable and flexible partner. LeChao, as a professional jelly bean manufacturer, not only produces classic jelly beans, but also launches innovative chocolate-wrapped models to meet the needs of different market levels. Here are six reasons to choose LeChao:

Own a factory to control quality at every step

LeChao has a modern jelly bean production factory, covering the complete process of syrup boiling, injection molding cooling, rolling sugar polishing, chocolate wrapping, packaging and boxing. We implement full control of raw material procurement, production process, and quality inspection standards to ensure that every jelly bean has a pure taste, standard appearance, and food safety.

Rich product lines to meet the diverse market

We not only provide classic fruity jelly beans, but also developed the following innovative categories:

• Chocolate-coated jelly beans (milk/dark chocolate flavor)
• Low-sugar or sugar-free jelly beans (suitable for the health/functional market)
• Festival limited editions (Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Easter exclusive packaging)
• Nutritional fortified jelly beans such as juice addition and vitamin C addition

Can meet the needs of supermarkets, e-commerce, gift boxes, children’s snacks, healthy snacks and other scenarios.

Flexible OEM/ODM customization service

LeChao has been focusing on ODM/OEM of jelly beans for more than ten years, with flexible customization capabilities, supporting:

• Taste/color customization (adapting to the preferences of different countries)
• Packaging customization (bags, cans, bottles, combination packs)
• Brand label customization (support one-stop OEM service)
• Festival/theme design and development (Christmas, Halloween, Children’s Day, etc.)

We have a professional design team that can provide full-process support from product concept to proofing and packaging.

Quick response and efficient delivery

We focus on delivery efficiency, and always have a variety of semi-finished products and packaging materials in stock to shorten the production cycle. Regular orders can be delivered within 20 to 30 days. For overseas customers, we support fast shipment, flexible arrangement of LCL or FCL transportation services, saving warehousing and logistics costs.

High cost performance, direct factory price

LeChao is a direct manufacturer without middlemen, providing you with a more advantageous ex-factory price wholesale policy, especially suitable for customers who do branding, wholesale, e-commerce platforms or offline distribution. Flexible minimum order quantity, small order proofing, large order efficiency.

Rich overseas export experience, support multilingual services

We have many years of foreign trade export experience, our products are sold well in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States, and we are familiar with food certification standards and customs clearance procedures in various countries. The team can provide English and Chinese service support, cooperate in the production of export documents, customs clearance materials, product testing reports, etc., to help customers smoothly open up the international market.

Cooperating with LeChao, you will get:

• Stable products, diverse packaging, rich flavors
• Flexible customization, brand empowerment, support for long-term cooperation
• Transparent wholesale prices to help you increase your profit margins
• Fast delivery to help you seize every golden sales period
• Multi-national experience, cooperate with overseas customs clearance and logistics arrangements

Want to create a best-selling jelly beans product? Welcome to contact LeChao, we will provide you with high-quality, customized soft candy solutions! If you need a quote, sample or product catalog, please send an inquiry or add us on WhatsApp!